Senior Precision Tool & Machine Builder - Onsite, 1st Shift

6 Degrees Search; City of Pewaukee (WI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Pewaukee, WI – Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler role on 1st shift, 100% onsite, direct-hire. Up to $40/hour base with overtime; immediate opening in a premier automation shop.

Operate in a modern facility with CAD-equipped workstations, collaborating with mechanical engineers and wiremen to own builds end-to-end. Seek precise craftsmen with toolmaking or fixture-building backgrounds and citizenship or green-card eligibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of ground-up mechanical machine builds OR 2+ years with precision toolmaking/fixture background.
• Strong blueprint/schematic literacy for multi-view drawings and power/supply schematics.
• Experience with pneumatic and hydraulic systems, and precise measurement tools.

Responsibilities

• Build complex custom systems from ground up, including robotic cells and packaging lines.
• Read and interpret multi-view mechanical drawings and fluid power schematics.
• Utilize on-floor 3D CAD models to verify fit, clearance, and sub-assembly integrity.
• Install pneumatic manifolds, valve blocks, and high-pressure hydraulic circuits on frames.
• Tune and adjust components to tight tolerances using toolmaking techniques.
• Collaborate with engineering to troubleshoot bottlenecks and verify tolerances.
• Oversee teardown, match-marking, packing, and crating for transport.

Skills

Ground-up machine building

Toolmaking background

Blueprint literacy

Pneumatics & hydraulics

Precision measuring tools

Tools

CAD software

3D modeling

Job description

Pewaukee, WI – Precision Toolmaker & Machine Assembler role on 1st shift, 100% onsite, direct-hire. Up to $40/hour base with overtime; immediate opening in a premier automation shop.

Operate in a modern facility with CAD-equipped workstations, collaborating with mechanical engineers and wiremen to own builds end-to-end. Seek precise craftsmen with toolmaking or fixture-building backgrounds and citizenship or green-card eligibility.